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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (right) and Russia's Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar attend a ceremony marking the handover of items in the Schneerson library to a Chabad-run museum in Moscow, June 13, 2013. (Photo/JTA-Yuri Kadobnov-AFP via Getty Images)
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Russia’s Jews are caught in the messy politics of Putin’s war

by Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt and Forward February 15, 2023February 15, 2023
Luda Shuster's parents in the Soviet Union, ca. 1950
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A lifetime of anti-Jewish propaganda — from Stalinist Russia to Kanye West

Luda Shuster by Luda Shuster February 7, 2023February 7, 2023
Unconfirmed photo of damage to a historic synagogue in Huliaipole, Ukraine, posted on Twitter.
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Russian missiles reportedly damage a historic synagogue in southeastern Ukraine

by David I. Klein and JTA February 2, 2023
A U.S. airman prepares weaponry bound for Ukraine at a storage bunker at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, Oct. 12, 2022. The U.S. is also sending weapons from stockpiles in Israel and South Korea.(Photo/JTA-Demetrius Freeman-The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Weapons have been heading from Israel to Ukraine — out of an American stockpile

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA January 19, 2023
Eli Cohen speaks at the foreign affairs ministry in Jerusalem, Jan. 2, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Fitoussi-Flash90)
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In first speech, Israel’s new foreign minister signals a closer relationship with Russia

by David I. Klein and JTA January 4, 2023
An elderly Jewish man in the Dnipro region of Ukraine stands before a delivery of firewood made by JDC as part of an effort to support Ukrainian Jews in advance of a punishing winter. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy JDC)
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With a dark winter looming in Ukraine, Jewish groups send generators and other support

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA November 15, 2022
Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar delivers a speech during an emergency gathering of rabbis in Moscow, Russia, Sept. 5, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia)
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In rare rebuke, Russian chief rabbi accuses senior defense official of antisemitism

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA October 26, 2022
A heavily damaged office building and the monument to the military jet in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, after the Russian bombing there, July 14, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Alexey Furman-Getty Images)
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‘We don’t know who is alive’: Concern mounts for Jews living in Russian-occupied Ukraine

by Jacob Judah and JTA October 18, 2022October 18, 2022
Yuri Milner (left) and Mark Zuckerberg at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony in Mountain View, November 2019. (Photo/JTA-Steve Jennings/Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize)
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Yuri Milner, ‘Richest Russian in Silicon Valley,’ gives up Russian citizenship

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 14, 2022October 17, 2022
A synagogue built last year at the Babyn Yar memorial site near Kyiv is meant to resemble a pop-up book. It can fold up and open with a winch. (Photo/JTA-David Saveliev)
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Across Ukraine, a somber High Holiday season captures how war has ravaged a growing Jewish community

by David Saveliev, Nicholas Bennett and JTA October 4, 2022October 4, 2022

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